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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990

FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN 1 DECIMAL PLACE.

MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR SEPTEMBER 1990, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $5.0 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.

FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 805 6403.

THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 154.7 IN SEPTEMBER 1990, UP BY 1.7 PER CENT OVER AUGUST 1990 AND BY 11.4 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1989.

THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE 10 PER CENT OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG THAT SPENT HK$10,000-24,999 A MONTH DURING THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY,

FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE HANG SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG SENG BANK LTD.

GOVT TEAM TO ATTEND REGIONAL MEETING ON REHABILITATION

THE

SECRETARY FOR BEIJING TODAY

A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELEGATION LED BY HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, LEFT FOR (THURSDAY) TO ATTEND A REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON REHABILITATION.

THE CONFERENCE, WHICH IS THE NINTH ASIA CONFERENCE OF REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL, TOMORROW (OCTOBER 26) TO NEXT TUESDAY (OCTOBER

AND PACIFIC REGIONAL WILL BE HELD FROM 30).

MRS WONG IS TO GIVE A SPEECH AT A PLENARY SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE ON THE HONG KONG EXPERIENCE IN THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE "SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT" SCHEME.

THE SCHEME IS A NEW MODEL OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE DISABLED NOW BEING EXPERIMENTED IN HONG KONG UNDER THE COORDINATION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

SPEAKING BEFORE HER DEPARTURE FOR BEIJING, MRS WONG SAID SHE LOOKED FORWARD то LEARNING MORE ABOUT REHABILITATION COUNTRIES.

IN OTHER

"THE KNOWLEDGE

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